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[Krimel]

Krimel said:
I have never understood metaphysics to be an excuse for avoiding ideas.

dmb says:
I know. What you've always understood is snarkiness as an excuse for
avoiding metaphysical ideas. I don't know where you got the impression that
rudeness could serve as a substitute for making an intelligent point but you
have definitely been misled. 

[Krimel]
Coming from someone who has boasted about the number of Moqers of a
Christian persuasion whom you have personally chased away from this forum;
this is ironic indeed. Your rudeness and snarkiness on this forum are the
stuff of legend. Do you seriously expect to garner sympathy by whining that
someone has done unto you what you have consistently done unto others?

What you are taking as "snarkiness" and rudeness might also be interpreted
at frustration at your lack of engagement with the issues raised. In fact I
think you would be hard pressed to find an example of one of my posts that
relied exclusively on the snarky. Take the example cited by Platt as reason
for having me censured: 

"Rather than engage the issues raised he slaps on the label SOM and "Presto"
no need to read, no need to engage the issue, time to just sit back and feel
self-righteous."

That rude comment was preceded by another:

"It is hard to see how anyone interested in the idea of consciousness could
ignore or dismiss Chalmers but for dmb it's not a problem."

The snarkiness is clearly a mark of frustration at this tactic of yours. The
rudeness is an admittedly bad rhetorical move aimed at getting you to stop
it.  

Not that the rudeness had the intended effect but now after reading a wiki
you think Chalmers "might" be interesting. The point is that your first
inclination is to ignore what the person says based on your assumptions
about their assumptions. Then you come back after a few days or months or
even years and cite the very things you previously denounced. After years of
this kind of twisting and evasion, snarkiness comes naturally.

It isn't just your lack of breath and depth that is offensive; it is the
pride you take in being narrow and shallow.

[dmb]
Nobody is buying it, Krimel. 

[Krimel]
I might have agreed with you on this at various times but now I am not so
sure. Even Marsha who has a contrarian soft spot for the underdog hasn't
been moved by your whining. Dave Thomas has been voicing many of the same
issues I have in slightly less snarky terms. Engage those issues. I'd love
to see it. I'll happily stay out if you find my comment make you
uncomfortable.

[dmb]
And so here is the only response you deserve.

Yawn.

[Krimel]
At last something different. I thank you for that.